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How Australians view the religiosity of their political leaders
By Neil Francis
This latest Pew research adds to our understanding of attitudes towards religion and religiosity in the political sphere. It shows Australians to be significantly less ‘religiously political’ than citizens of the UK, Canada and the US, and is consistent with previous findings.
Religious Australians often create an impression of the political importance of religion, but these new findings confirm most Australians don’t link religion and politic.
"It’s important in a robust democracy to respect and accommodate the right to a range of non-violent and non-discriminatory religious beliefs and views. But the numbers are in. It would be a courageous politician indeed who advocated special privileges for one or other religion, or even religion in general."
Neil Francis
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